Pliers



Jan. 16, 1923. Y l1,442,170.

' W. H. S. MOORE.

PLIERS.

FILED 1AN.15. |921.

Patented Jan. 16, 1923.

'UNITE raras-re WILLIAM H. s. MOORE, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

PLIERS.

Application filed January 15, 1,921.Y Serial No. 437,382. i

To alla/17mm 'it' may concern.' l

g Be it Vknown that l, WILLIAM H. S. Moons, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahogaand State ofGhio, have invented a certain new and useful' `improvement ina. top planview and Fig. 4- is a front eleva-v tion.

Carpenters or other persons making .or`

working with wooden articles or articles of analogous material arefrequently under the necessity of extracting nails, particularly shortwire vnails or brads which are .too small to be operated upon by theusual claws of a hammer and for this purpose carpenters pliers are usedwhich are provided with `jaws that may be manipulated to bite the nailand further manipulated to extract the nai.

The pliers which form the subject matter of the present invention arefor a similar purpose but are so formed as t0 permit access ofl the headof the pliers to positions and the use of the pliers under conditionswhere the usual forms of pliers cannot get close enough to the nail t-ogrip it, as for instance where the nail to be removed is close to anupstanding board or in the corner. r In the present instance the pliersare formed by two pivoted members, these mem bers having hand grippingportions l and 2 and provided with cheek portions 3 and 4+. which are inengagement and are secured inpengagement with each other by means of apin 5. Each 0f the grippingA portions 2 and 3 are provided with a head,the head for the member l being indicated at 6 and the head for themember llbeing indicated at 7. The head members 6 and 7 are in alignmentand the parts are so assembled that when the grip portions l and 2 arebrought together, the head portions likewise movel toward each other andinto engagement. e

The head member 6 hasv a straight'top portion 6a anda short rightl angleportion 6b which terminates in jaws/such as indicated at 6c, therebeings-two jaws c'which are separated by a space. The head member" 7 has'A a long arm 7a which'terminates lin two Vjaws 1b, these jawscooperatingwith the jaws 6C.

. The arm 7 is roundedat the portion indicatedy at 7c as clearlyindicated in the drawing.

of a nail whiohis near an upstanding board, or in other words near. acorner, the 'surface 6L may be moved up againstthe board and still leaveroom enough for the fingers to get behind the gripping member l. n i

When the jaws ofthe pliers are 'closed upon a nail, the pliers are usedas a lever', the. arm 7a with its curved portion 7care Fhe plane of thetop surface 6"a of the jaw i 6 is slightly above the grip member 1 sothat in manipulating the pliers to get hold l rocked upon the surface atwhich the nail is positioned, thus effecting a lever move-v nient whichvwill make the removal of the nail much easier than a direct pull.

The

double gripping ridges o n each jaw, afford two vpoints of contact witha nail which makes tliebiting action more certain and lessens the dangerof cutting the nail in two. y v vided with extensions 6d and 7d.

the 'nail lies too flush to the board in which it is driven to begrasped by the jaws 6, or

The jaw members 6 and 7b are pro-f j y These extensions permitJ the nailto bev gripped where board andit is desired to extract it, the

wood may be removed in the proximity of the head of the nail and startit and extract the nail.v

The particular advantage of the pliers constructed as herein describedlies in the fact that by having the head 6 with aA flat plane side andhaving the jaw of the head i i long side 7, gives a muchmore effectiveleverage on the nail vthan caribe obtained with pliers of usualconstruction.

Having described my invention, I claim Additionally, by having the jaw 7with its l. Pliers comprising a pair of crossed pivotedhandle portionsand'oppositely dis.-

posed heads, one of said heads being straight v with a short jaw member,the lother head 90 lwhere a nail has been driven flush with the'` ibeing curved and having a long jaw member. the said jaw membersterminating in directly,7 opposed gripping portions.

2. Pliers comprising a pair of crossed piroted handle port-ions andoppositelj; disposed heads, one oi' said heads being straight with ashort jaw member, the other head being curved and haring a long an'member, each of said jaw members being provided at its end portion witha plurality ot parallel.A

gripping portions, the gripping portions on each jaw being spaced apartand the gripping portions o one jaw being directly` opposed to those otthe other jaw.

3. Pliers Comprising a lair of crossed piroted handle portions andoppositely disposed heads, one of said heads being straight With a shortjanY n'iember, the other head being curved and having a long jawniember, each of saidjaw members terminating in gripping portions7 thesaid gripping portions extending laterally on both sides ott each thejaws. s

l. Pliers comprising a pair ot crossed pivoted handle portions -andoppositely disposed heads7 one of said heads being straight with a shortJaw member, the other head being curved and having a long jan' member, f

traight outer edge surface, the piane of said surface extended, being'outside off the handle portion which is associated with the other headot the pliers when the pliers are 1n gripping positiom the said headbeing pron vided with an inwardly extending jan member, the other headbeing curved and haring a long aw member, said jaw members har-k ingcooperating directly opposed f gripping portions.

ln testimony whereof, l hereunto affix my signature.

WiLLniM n. s. Moons

